RAF branch may fold

PUSHBACK: REMOVAL OF ASSETS WILL PLACE CAPE TOWN OFFICE AT RISK

- Roy Cokayne

The dismissal with costs of a high court attempt by the Road Accident Fund (RAF) to suspend the removal of its attached assets – a move arising from its failure to pay the settlement agreement claim of an illegal foreigner – means its Cape Town branch is in danger of "collapsing".

The RAF brought an urgent application against the Cape Town West sheriff, a claimant's attorneys Kruger & Co, and claimant Fillis Chitandara, seeking that:

The writ of execution issued by Kruger & Co be stayed and operate as interim relief pending the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) hearing of an appeal by the RAF against the judgment in a case brought by Mudawo and others versus the minister of transport and the RAF; and

An order in this case not be issued subject to a rescission application by the RAF of the Mudawo judgment, which is still to be launched.